Research Catalog

Title

[Map of the heavens and the earth] / corrected by Philip Lea ...

Author

Lea, Philip, active 1683-1700.

Publication

London : ... sold by [Philip Lea] at the Atlas and Hercules in Cheap side, [1699?]

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Details

Description

2 maps on 1 sheet : hand col.; 2 hemispheres, each 22 cm. in diameter, sheet 39 x 51 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

• Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 1020.
• National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.

Subjects

• Constellations > Charts, diagrams, etc > Early works to 1800
• Northern Hemisphere > Maps > Early works to 1800
• World maps > Early works to 1800
• Bible > Geography > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Northern sky (Astronomy) > Charts, diagrams, etc > Early works to 1800
• Stars > Charts, diagrams, etc > Early works to 1800

Note

• Relief shown pictorially.
• Title supplied by cataloger.
• Possibly extracted from a Bible.
• Includes dedication by P. Lea, coat-of-arms, and 14 biblical ill.
• At lower right corner: Gen. 1.

Indexed In (note)

• Variant of Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world

Contents

[Celestial hemisphere with Ursa Minor near center] -- [Terrestrial hemisphere centered on North Pole, with extensions covering whole continents of South America and Africa].

Call Number

Map Div. 97-6477

OCLC

50752252

Author

Lea, Philip, active 1683-1700.

Title

[Map of the heavens and the earth] / corrected by Philip Lea ...

Imprint

London : ... sold by [Philip Lea] at the Atlas and Hercules in Cheap side, [1699?]

Cartographic Data

Scale not given.

Scale [ca. 1:65,000,000. At the equator].

Indexed In:

Variant of Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 549

Connect to:

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Research Call Number

Map Div. 97-6477 [LHS 1020]